Vargas becomes QPR's second Serie A loan signing this summer, following Juventus' Mauricio Isla to the Premier League outfit. Both players have a point to prove after seeing reputations drop in recent years.

Redknapp already has a host of figures up top with Loic Remy, Charlie Austin and Bobby Zamora hoping to leave their mark on England's top flight this season, but Vargas is an altogether more malleable attacker.